Season 2016: Sign up and Draft

[Vardaen]

Oh lets do it late Saturday to put you off your game then!

I can't do Monday/Labor Day.

I can do most Sunday, except 12-2.

[Shurijo]

Anyone else have time slot preference for the online auction? We'll use the ESPN auction tool (internet and computer/tablet required).

Can't do hours:
Saturday: 6am-6pm (ET) - Shurijo
Sunday: 12pm-2pm (ET) - Vardaen
Monday: all day - Vardaen

Can do hours: (so far)
Saturday: After 6pm
Sunday: After 2pm

We still need at least 1 more team... Anyone? Anyone?

@MiltonBerle @Hayabusa @Eilandor

[Hayabusa]

I got an invite but I don't think I can do any times of those for a draft... Time difference would kick me in the balls.

That might sound odd but is it possible to pick from what has not been picked -after- the draft? Probably far less successful but I still would love to do the league.

Here's when I would be available (I included two times in case my EST calculation is off): Sunday 2 PM - 7 PM EST (7 PM - 12 PM in Dublin)

[Eilandor]

Saturday evening is fine, as well as Sunday afternoon.

[Vardaen]

I know I mentioned it before, but there is likely some Auto Draft option, and since we aren't playing for money, just for fun, Haya might be able to set that.

[Shurijo]

I just did an ESPN auction with a public league. I can answer any questions about it.

You can log into the auction tool (once we agree on time) and select "auto-draft." I'm not sure of the options for auto-drafting, but we had one player drop and his team went into auto-draft mode.

It works a bit differently than I thought, but probably the way you think it works.

Each team will nominate 1 player (any position) and place an initial bid. Other teams can then outbid or pass for that player. Example, I nominate Tom Brady and set my initial bid for $2, then V bids $3, then Haya raises bid to $8, then I bid $9 and nobody outbids me, so I pay $9 for him and he's on my team. Then next team nominates a player for auction and repeat, repeat, etc. This continues for 16 picks per team (so 128 bids for 8-team league).

I started out with $200 and was the first to finish with a full rooster. It goes really fast and I think I drafted an extra RB than I planned. Draft started at 9:30am and ended at 11am (for 8 team draft).

Update:

http://support.espn.com/articles/en_US/ ... y-Football

[Hayabusa]

Might work for me though I still may not be there for that whole draft. When do you want to do that?

[Shurijo]

I haven't heard anything from MB or Eil, so I think we're waiting for some more feedback. I'd love to do it either Sunday or maybe even Tuesday (at latest). First game starts on Thurs, so it would be great to have teams/players locked-in by Wednesday.

[Shurijo]

Also, you can do a "Mock Auction" draft on ESPN, where you go through the auction process, but it's just for fun and you don't actually keep the players. You can join a public Mock Auction on ESPN FFL home page (draft now link).

http://games.espn.com/ffl/mockdraftlobby

There's a mock draft that starts like every 5 minutes or so.

[Shurijo]

Any suggestions on my public/open league team? Used auction with a few other random players. Hoping most of them stick it out with the league.

http://games.espn.com/ffl/clubhouse?lea ... sonId=2016